Dr. Daniel Bishop

Qualifications

BSc , PhD

Education

• 2009
  PhD (Engineering Geology), University of Newcastle
• 1998
  BSc Geology (1st Honours), University of Western Australia

Awards

• 2009
  NSW AGS Research Award

Employment

• 2012
  Research Associate, ARC Centre of Excellence for Geotechnical Science and Engineering, 2yrs
• 2007
  Senior Engineering Geologist, Pells Sullivan Meynink, 5yrs
• 2005
  Lecturer Engineering Geology, University of Newcastle, 1 yr
• 1999
  Research Assitant, Tesctonics Special Research Centre, University of Western Australia, 1yr

Research Interests

• The role of biogeochemistry in the geotechnical behaviour of marine clays
• Improving the prediction of the distribution of engineering materials in coastal depositional environments
• Understanding and promoting the role of geology within Geotechnical Engineering investigations
• Deformation and failure mechanisms in open cut mining operations
• Subsidence and Deformation in single and multi-seam longwall mining operations
• Brittle failure mechanisms in Rock and sensitive clays